Hey All the HCC Challenger is nearly over and I'm pretty sure that we won Week 2 as well as Week 1

First of all and on behalf of the Team and WCG I would like to Thank ALL of our cruncher's, new guys and veterans, for the incredible job they did over these past 2 weeks Our Teams output has gone up nearly 500% and that's due to the dedication and hard work everyone has been doing!!! -----

Secondly, we promised prizes at the end of week 2 and here's the list (from post #2 of this thread):

Grand Prize: Win Two Rigs
* Note- rig specs to be verified and updated as the Challenge begins, Pics of the rigs coming soon.....Rig #1 (donated by Norton)- A crunching rig with an ASUS 790FX mobo, AMD 965BE, 2x2GB DDR2 1066 ram, 80GB HDD, 8400GS GPU, 450Watt PSU.
We ask that the winner dedicate a minimum of 6 months crunching for the Team on the rig.Rig #2 (donated by our Team)- A charity rig with an MSI 790FX mobo, CPU TBA, 2x2GB DDR3 1600 ram, HDD, 4870 GPU, 750Watt PSU.
We ask that the winner donate this rig to charity (organization, friend/family member in need, family in need, etc...).
*Note- US Shipping is included for each rig (International winners will need to pay any additional shipping charges over $50)

Other prizes (more to come)
*Note-If anyone is interested in donating a prize- please contact me, ThE_MaD_ShOt, [Ion], or Chicken Patty (additional volunteers to assist with this would be great)

Hardware Prizes

- Game Tiger Xniper PC case (donated by sneekypete from his FS thread)
*Shipping is unfortunately not included with this item ATM but we are working on getting some assistance with the shipping costs

- ThermalTake Frio Extreme (donated by sneekypete from his FS thread)US shipping is included with this item (International winners will need to pay any additional costs for shipping, etc...)

I will spring a brand new 7770 to NEW crunchers (less then 50,000 points as of today) that does an effort with the HW he/she have. The 25,000 points is not an qualifying requirement. I will let the decision to who won go to the Captain and his crew. A 7700 does around 20K PPD and I hope it will be used 24/7 as long there is GPU crunching work.

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*Note a second 7770 (used- MSI model #R7770-PMD1GD5)- donated by KieX is available under the same terms/conditions as above

I used the Poll on this thread for the list of prize entrants. If you didn't vote then you aren't on this list- you can add your name to the list by posting to this thread or sending me a PM by 8pm Eastern today.

Requirements/terms to qualify for a prize:
- Participate in both weeks of the HCC Challenge (CPU and/or GPU)
- Earn a minimum of 25,000 BOINC points for Team WCG-TPU during the Qualifying period (see below)*
* points do not have to be all HCC work units
- 7770 graphics card prizes are reserved for 2 new crunchers (entrants to be reviewed shortly)
- Qualifying period ends when all participants reach 25,000 BOINC points or 11/28/2012 (whichever comes 1st)
- Winners will be chosen randomly at the end of the qualifying period.

Note(s):
- If for some reason you cannot participate in the 1st week of the Challenge or start late you may still qualify for the prizes, PM me or the Team Captain (Chicken Patty) to discuss your situation and we'll make those decisions on an individual basis
- Reminder- the Big prize is BOTH rigs- one to crunch with, one to give to charity (organization, friend/family member in need, family in need, etc...).